知らぬ存ぜぬ

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
知	存
し Grade: 2	ぞん Grade: 6

知らぬ (negative form of 知る) + 存ぜぬ (negative form of 存ずる)

Noun

知(し)らぬ存(ぞん)ぜぬ • (shiranu zonzenu) 

1. complete denial of knowing (an incident in question)

Usage notes

Often used for supposedly false denial.